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Illegal trade increasing Asian pythons in Florida, threatens native ecology
Jul 25 2007, Irani

The year-old, foot-long Asian pythons seem to be devouring everything that come their way in the dizzying array of native wildlife, west of the ever-expanding Miami metropolis.

Across the 1.5-million-acre ‘river of grass,’ the South Asian snakes...

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